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Artist Talk: Julia Morison
Julia Morison Headcase, 27 2015. Glazed and painted stoneware. Courtesy of the artist and Two Rooms, Auckland
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Artist Julia Morison discusses her life and work with head curator Lara Strongman on the opening day of her exhibition Headcase.
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Exhibition
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Julia Morison: Head[case]
23 February – 14 July 2019
An installation of seven small hexagonal rooms and 100 ceramic heads, each distinctly different from the next, by one of Ōtautahi Christchurch’s most inventive artists
Exhibition
Julia Morison: Meet me on the other side
10 February – 25 March 2012
Julia Morison's evocative post-quake sculptures and 'liqueurfaction' paintings return to Christchurch for a special showing in a gallery space overlooking the inner-city 'red zone'.
Interview
Accidents and Variations
Lara Strongman: Let’s talk about the process of making the works for this exhibition. Can you describe how you produced them?
Julia Morison: I’ve never actually made ceramics before. I read Edmund de Waal’s The Hare with Amber Eyes, which is about a netsuke set that is passed through several generations. De Waal is a ceramicist and he talks in this book about objects and porcelain in such a visceral way—basically he seduced me into picking up a ball of clay and playing with it. For a long time I haven’t had the use of my hands [because of arthritis], so I thought that playing with clay might actually help strengthen them.
